State v. Reid

HIGGINS, Justice.

According to the record and the addendum thereto, the defendant, Johnny Reid, was tried in the district court upon a warrant charging that he unlawfully possessed nine pints of tax-paid liquor for the purpose of sale. After conviction, the court imposed a prison sentence of one year. The defendant appealed to the Superior Court of Forsyth County where he was convicted by the jury. Judge Armstrong imposed a prison sentence of one year and day to two years.

The record discloses that D. R. Wilson, a Winston-Salem police officer, made affidavit that Johnny Reid, manager of a…